Workplace and Education Law Solutions
Workplace and Education Law Solutions
Responsive and creative legal advice designed to ensure
our clients stay compliant in today’s ever-changing landscape.
Capabilities
Workplace and education law exist in climates that have become increasingly compliance-oriented and reputation-sensitive. Thus, our goal is to always be there for our clients, and to provide creative and practical solutions to their individual and organizational needs. As attorneys, we act as facilitators, and we always collaborate internally, providing novel approaches that resonate with our clients. We examine each issue from a business and legal lens, achieving results that advance our clients’ goals, while adhering to compliance standards.
Our collegial atmosphere reflects our even-tempered personalities. We genuinely enjoy the areas of law we practice, and we thoughtfully approach each assignment with a singular focus. We are committed to diversity and our staff consists of individuals of different genders, ancestries, and ethnicities.
Adapting to the New Virtual Workplace
Most top executives are frustrated in their attempts to stay ahead of the COVID pandemic curve that keeps weaving. Our Firm’s mission has become even more vital – to provide solutions to our clients to stay compliant in today’s ever-changing...
Professionalism in the Virtual Workplace
Even as more Americans get vaccinated against COVID-19 and restrictions start to slowly loosen,...
Personal Lessons From COVID-19
It has been almost a year since the COVID-19 pandemic has come upon us. Let’s pause and think...
A New Chapter
As 2021 begins, the Firm has been re-named, Halpern & Scrom Law PLLC. My Partner, Paul, who...
Adapting to the New Virtual Workplace
Most top executives are frustrated in their attempts to stay ahead of the COVID pandemic curve that keeps weaving. Our Firm’s mission has become even more vital – to provide solutions to our clients to stay compliant in today’s ever-changing...
Professionalism in the Virtual Workplace
Even as more Americans get vaccinated against COVID-19 and restrictions start to slowly loosen, many organizations plan to remain either entirely or...
Personal Lessons From COVID-19
It has been almost a year since the COVID-19 pandemic has come upon us. Let’s pause and think about the universal and human behavioral lessons we...
A New Chapter
As 2021 begins, the Firm has been re-named, Halpern & Scrom Law PLLC. My Partner, Paul, who has nearly ten years of legal experience, eight with...
Articles
New York’s Electronic Monitoring Law
As of May 7, 2022, covered employers in New York are required to provide notice to their employees disclosing any electronic monitoring practices. More specifically, employees must be notified that their telephone conversations, email...
NYS Electronic Posting of Employment Posters
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, more and more employees are working from home, and are entering their physical workplaces less frequently, if at all. The New York State legislature recently passed a bill that would require employers to make all...
Delay of the NYC Salary Transparency Law
Earlier this year, New York City enacted a salary transparency law which requires employers to disclose the expected salary range on internal and external job postings. This requirement was set to take effect on May 15, 2022, but has since been...
Florida’s Stop WOKE Act May Limit Employer Trainings
On March 10, 2022, the Florida legislature passed the Stop Wrongs to Our Kids and Employees Act, also known as the “Stop WOKE Act” (the “Act”). The Act, signed into law by Governor Ron DeSantis on April 22, alters the topics employers can cover...
Articles
New York’s Electronic Monitoring Law
As of May 7, 2022, covered employers in New York are required to provide notice to their employees disclosing any electronic monitoring practices. More specifically, employees must be notified that their telephone conversations, email...
NYS Electronic Posting of Employment Posters
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, more and more employees are working from home, and are entering their physical workplaces less frequently, if at all. The New York State legislature recently passed a bill that would require employers to make all...
Delay of the NYC Salary Transparency Law
Earlier this year, New York City enacted a salary transparency law which requires employers to disclose the expected salary range on internal and external job postings. This requirement was set to take effect on May 15, 2022, but has since been...
Florida’s Stop WOKE Act May Limit Employer Trainings
On March 10, 2022, the Florida legislature passed the Stop Wrongs to Our Kids and Employees Act, also known as the “Stop WOKE Act” (the “Act”). The Act, signed into law by Governor Ron DeSantis on April 22, alters the topics employers can cover...